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all the doors of the palace should be walled up save two, and
that of these two only one should be open at night, and that
all the residents in the palace should be within by nightfall.^
Thus, although the Pope was constantly called upon to
deliver exhortations and make new rules, the reform of the
court had nevertheless made great progress, and the abuses
and liberties which had formerly existed had disappeared.
Cardinal Borromeo kept in constant and confidential touch
with Ormaneto from Milan. On December i8th, 1566,
he wrote to him about the need for the reform of the
College of Cardinals, " a thing which " Borromeo adds, " I
have already proposed to the Pope."^ During the course
of the same year he sent his views on the subject to Ormaneto,"*
and in November, 1566, Pius V. sought the latter's aid in the
difficult task of the spiritual renewal of the great princes of the
Church.^
In his first consistory, a few days after his election, Pius V.
had exhorted the Cardinals to a manner of life in keeping with
1 *'• Tutte le porte di Palazzo si murano ne staranno aperte se
non quella che va in S. Pietro et quella de Svizzeii, ct da 24 here
in su quella sola de Svizzeri, et chi abita in Palazzo havra da
ridurvisi alle 24." B. Pia to Luzzara, on August 21, 1568,
Gonzaga Archives, Mantua. Cj. Arco, August 21, 1568, State
Archives, Vienna.
^ *On the Wednesday the Pope made a speech in the consistory,
tuttavia piu quests corte si va restringendo a] ben oprare at
lassare li abusi et la hcentia del viver dannoso." (Avviso di Roma
of March 5, 1569, Urb. 1041, p. 35. Vatican Library). On October
17. 1567 *Serristor] wrote from Rome that the Pope had already
reformed his palace and reduced the expenditure. State Archives,
Florence, Medic. 3287.
' Ambrosian Library, Milan, F. 37, Inf. 475.
* 1566, without date ot the day ; ibid. 356.
* *" II Papa e ingolfato piu che mai in queste sue ritorme. II
principal ministro e un gentilhuomo Veronese mons. Ormaneto,"
lately vicar of Borromeo at Milan. ' Hora si attende alia riforma
de frati sfratati et de cardinal!, delli cjuali si mettono in ordine le
bolle." Avviso di Roma of November 16. 1566, Urb. 1040,
p. 320, Vatican Library.